Child care advocacy groups from Connecticut took part in the National Day Without Child Care. The state’s gubernatorial race will be a rematch, abortion rights supporters push for the Women’s Health Protection Act, and how hospital consolidations are hurting Connecticut's rural communities.
Child care industry in crisis
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